Evaluation of an Improved Shipping Container for Mk 43 Mod 1 Propellant Grains

Abstract

A one-trip, fibreboard, palletized, shipping container was tested as a replacement for the more expensive, currently used combination of shipping tubes packed in metal cargotainers. If proven and adopted, the proposed shipping container would return annual savings of half a million dollars at the present rate of shipments from Sunflower AAP.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0676130

Entities

People

  • Kenneth L. Warsop

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Assembly
  • Containers
  • Economic Analysis
  • End Seals
  • Fiberboard
  • Fringe Benefits
  • Materials
  • Packaging
  • Periodicals
  • Production
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Shipping
  • Shipping Containers
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thickness

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • ballistics.